Waist and skirt holder.



E. M. OLEWELL.= WAIST AND SKIRT HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 001 20, 1910.

1,016,612. Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVA M. CLEWELL, OF CANTON, OHIO.

WAIST AND SKIRT HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Application filed October 20, 1910. Serial No. 588,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVA M. CLEW'ELL, citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Waist and Skirt Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in devices for holding dress waists and skirts, and the invention has for its primary object a simple and inexpensive device of this character which may be easily operated and which will properly hold the waist and outer skirt in position, as well as support the underskirts or petticoats.

\Vith this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain con structions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates the application of my improved skirt and waist holder; and, Fig. 2'

is a perspective view illustrating the parts detached from each other.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

My improved waist and skirt holder comprises preferably metallic plates 1 that are stamped or otherwise formed to produce upper outwardly turned flanges 2 and lower outwardly turned flanges 3,the plates preferably tapering from their upper ends toward their lower ends, the lower flanges 3 being relatively smaller than the upper flanges 2, and the flanges 2 and 3 extending toward each other, as clearly illustrated in the drawing. The plates 1 are punched or otherwise formed to produce preferably integral sleeves a that are designed to receive safety pins 5 or similar devices whereby the plates may be suspended from tabs or the like that form part of a brace waist or corset,

or if desired, the pins may be directly secured to the brace waist or corset, which is the arrangement indicated in the accompanying drawing.

In connection with the plates 1, I employ a spring clip 6 which is preferably constructcd out of a single piece of suitably strong and resilient wire, said clip embodying upper and lower parallel members, designated 7 and 8, respectively, and inwardly crimped end members 9 In the preferred construction of the clip 6, the ends of the wire meet at the middle of the lower main member 8 and are received in and held together by a sheath 10 which is preferably formed of a single piece of metal, doubled upon itself, one edge of the sheath being formed with a series of teeth 11, or roughened for engagement with an outer skirt, the teeth preferably facing upwardly and outwardly at an acute angle to the plane of the clip 6. Preferably, the clip is slightly bowed, as shown, so as to conform to the curvature of the wearers waist.

In the practical use or operation of my improved waist and skirt holder, the safety pins 5 are pinned through the brace waist or corset at the back thereof, and the petti coats have their waist bands provided with button-holes, say about one and a half inches from the center of the back, said buttonholes being slipped over the lower upturned flanges 3 of the plates 1. The dress waist is then pulled down neatly from points directly below the shoulders and extended over the flange plates 1, and the clip 6 is then sprung into place in between the flanges 2 and 8 so as to grip the material of the dress waist, as clearly illustrated in the drawing. The outer skirt is properly supported and prevented from sagging by being engaged by the teeth 11 of the sheath 10.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple and inexpensive skirt and waist holder which may be easily applied and by the use of which the dress waist may be held taut in properly stretched condition or at the back and prevented from pulling up, while at the same time the under-skirts and outer-skirt are properly supported and prevented from sagging.

While the accompanying drawing shows two plates which together constitute a support for the clip, it is, of course, to be understood that said support may be formed by a single relatively wide or long plate formed with upper and lower flanges for engagement by the clip.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A waist and skirt holder comprising supporting members spaced apart and each formed of a single piece with the side edges converging and the narrow terminal thus produced bent into an outwardly directed hook adapted to engage in a button hole in a garment, and the upper wider edge turned over outwardly to form a lip adapted to engage in the fold of a garment, a fastening device adapted to engage with a supporting garment and connected to each of said supporting members, and a clip device including resilient side members spaced apart and extending in parallel relations, one of said side members engaging beneath the lips and locking the garment fold therein, and the other side member engaging in the hooks and locking the button hole containing portion of the garment.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EVA M. CLEWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

